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Motorist loses car to robbers, female passenger raped
17 Jan 2014 at 04:30hrs | Views
A Norton motorist, Tatenda Sumburera , was robbed of his car, cash and mobile phone by three men who went on to rape a female passenger he had offered a lift on Saturday.
Mashonaland West provincial police spokesperson Inspector Clemence Mabgweazara said the stolen property was valued at $3 288.
Insp Mabgweazara said the three were still at large and nothing had been recovered.
It is reported that on Saturday at around 6pm, Sumburera was driving his Nissan March towards Norton.
On approaching Mukwa Road, Sumburera offered a lift to a woman who was going to Katanga in Norton.
As he approached a local supermarket, an as yet unidentified man accosted him saying his wife was getting into labour and needed help to get her to a hospital.
Sumburera agreed to take the man's wife to hospital.
On approaching Poart Road, the man told Sumburera to stop the car, pretending they had reached the house where his "wife" was.
However, the man attacked the passenger with an unknown object as two other men emerged from the bush and forced Sumburera into the back seat of the car.
One of the robbers went behind the wheel and drove along the Harare-Bulawayo Road for about 2km towards the capital city. He stopped the car and took Sumburera's mobile phone and $8. They also took the female passenger's mobile phone.
The three robbers then tied Sumburera's hands and legs using his shirt before dumping him by the roadside.
They made a U-turn and drove towards Bulawayo and stopped the car. One of the robbers tied the woman's hands and raped her once.
After they had dumped her, she found Sumburera where he had been left and the two made a police report.
Mashonaland West provincial police spokesperson Inspector Clemence Mabgweazara said the stolen property was valued at $3 288.
Insp Mabgweazara said the three were still at large and nothing had been recovered.
It is reported that on Saturday at around 6pm, Sumburera was driving his Nissan March towards Norton.
On approaching Mukwa Road, Sumburera offered a lift to a woman who was going to Katanga in Norton.
As he approached a local supermarket, an as yet unidentified man accosted him saying his wife was getting into labour and needed help to get her to a hospital.
Sumburera agreed to take the man's wife to hospital.
On approaching Poart Road, the man told Sumburera to stop the car, pretending they had reached the house where his "wife" was.
However, the man attacked the passenger with an unknown object as two other men emerged from the bush and forced Sumburera into the back seat of the car.
One of the robbers went behind the wheel and drove along the Harare-Bulawayo Road for about 2km towards the capital city. He stopped the car and took Sumburera's mobile phone and $8. They also took the female passenger's mobile phone.
The three robbers then tied Sumburera's hands and legs using his shirt before dumping him by the roadside.
They made a U-turn and drove towards Bulawayo and stopped the car. One of the robbers tied the woman's hands and raped her once.
After they had dumped her, she found Sumburera where he had been left and the two made a police report.
Source - herald
